Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.